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Satisfy every craving with the UAE’s Restaurants category. From Michelin-starred tasting menus to hidden street food gems and brand-new launches, we cover Dubai, Abu Dhabi and everywhere tasty in between.

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Colorful doughnut and zalabieh shop entrance with neon signage and patterned black-and-white floor
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Lucky 2000 Abu Dhabi: Menu, Prices, Hours & Location (2026)

Lucky 2000 Abu Dhabi is a weekend-only doughnut shop at Souq Al Mina, open Friday to Sunday from 7pm until 10pm—or earlier if the doughnuts sell out. The small Mina Zayed concept comes from the team behind Marmellata Bakery and Barbassi, and serves five filled doughnuts in each weekly drop. Verified 29 July 2026: the…

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Assorted Asian dishes on a wooden table with two diners reaching in with chopsticks and utensils
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Best Chinese Restaurants in Dubai 2026: 10 Verified Picks

Dubai has spent the last few years quietly building one of the strongest Chinese dining scenes outside China itself, and most round-ups here still treat it as a five-star hotel exercise. That undersells it. Yes, the city has a Michelin-starred Cantonese room inside Atlantis. But it also has a Sichuan hot pot house with face-changing…

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Elegant modern restaurant with set round tables, patterned chairs, and a marble bar under sculptural pendant lights
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Novikov Abu Dhabi Review: One Year On, Still One of the Capital’s Best

A year is a meaningful milestone in Abu Dhabi’s dining scene, where high-profile openings can fade almost as quickly as they arrive. Novikov Abu Dhabi, settled into The Galleria on Al Maryah Island, has not only survived its first year — it’s consolidated its position as one of the capital’s most consistently impressive Italian-Mediterranean restaurants.…

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Gourmet seafood salad topped with colorful bell pepper ribbons on a blue-and-gold ornate plate
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Vanitas at Palazzo Versace Dubai: Italian Fine Dining on the Creek

Palazzo Versace Dubai isn’t shy about design, so it’s a small surprise that its signature Italian restaurant plays things relatively straight. Vanitas sits on the ground floor of the hotel’s East Wing, looking out over Dubai Creek, and it has built a reputation as one of the more reliable fine-dining Italians in the city rather…

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Bowl of dark broth ramen topped with sliced meat, soft-boiled egg, and shredded scallions on a wooden table
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Where to Find the Best Ramen in Dubai

A genuinely good bowl of ramen in Dubai used to require significant effort to track down. That has changed. The city now has a proper ramen scene — spanning tiny izakaya-style counters in The Greens, multi-location Japanese chains in Dubai Mall, and everything in between. Whether you want silky tonkotsu, spicy Sichuan-influenced tantan men, or…

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